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I am at the Borobudur temple right now : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borobudur http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borobudur I brought nothing on my long walk but wa
by sivers 15y ago
I am at the Borobudur temple right now : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borobudur http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borobudur
I brought nothing on my long walk but water and Kindle.
Stopped for a couple hours. Reading an amazing book, with the temple in the background. Highlighting the most important bits as I come across them. The stuff I don't want to forget. The Kindle saves all of these to a file called "My Clippings.txt", which I'll later transfer over to my laptop, for memorizing and sharing on my site. This feature alone saves me hours of re-typing.
The next 55 books I want to read are all queued up on the Kindle. I could change my plan and stay here for months, and I'd have everything I need. I can sit in queues for hours, thrilled that my next 55 books are already in my pocket.
Filled with appreciation for life and my Kindle. It's topped my cellphone as my most important "don't go without it" device.
I was just actively appreciating all this an hour ago on my walk. Then came back to see this article. So there's my counterpoint, for what it's worth.
- bhickey 15y agoI just got a Nook SimpleTouch that I'm looking forward to carrying to Everest Base Camp next month. There's simply no way I could carry a physical copy of Infinite Jest (2.8lbs) with me.
- mattmanser 15y agoI've just bought one myself and have experienced the same kind of joy that you have with it, very much similar to getting my first iPhone. I think your choice on iPad/Kindle will always fall down to e-ink. I get mentally exhausted at looking at backlit screens for too long, picking up the Kindle I get none of that nagging feeling of strain. It's a wonderful device and I wish I'd got it sooner.
- larsberg 15y agoThere's also a size/flashiness issue. If I'm going on public transit or waiting somewhere that the whole "look, I'm holding a shiny device that's easy to pawn!" thing may be a bad idea, I bring my kindle. Or if it's likely to rain or I just don't feel like dragging around the ipad and a cleaning cloth (what's with those smart cover streaks, anyways?). Otherwise, I take my ipad. The addition of news reading (the economist and reuters apps are fantastic) is why I usually bring it instead if I can.
- SingAlong 15y agoWow! echo the same feeling here. I just got my Kindle a couple days back. I'm reminded to take my Kindle with me more than my phone already. I love reading on it and it doesn't hurt my eyes since there's no brightness of the backlight. I didn't know how to use the clippings feature. Thought it was supposed to be shared online instead of a file like what you just said. But that's sweet too. Thanks to you sivers! :) I got my first computer 8yrs back and only after I got my Kindle I realize how less I've been reading. I wish they start allowing sharing statuses for books bought outside the Kindle store on the new http://kindle.amazon.com http://kindle.amazon.com site. I've applied for beta access to the Kindle SDK (not to develop distracting apps!) to see what I can develop that can be useful on the Kindle. Waiting for access. If anyone here is from Amazon and can help me out with it, I would love to thank you in anyway I can.